Kawajiri Yoshiaki

川尻善昭 (Wikipedia) is a director who rose from the ranks of humble animators.

Kawajiri’s fame in the US and Europe seems based on the violent and misogynistic urban power fantasies he directed in the late 1980s, which had English-language releases when the markets were small and the “video nasty” qualities of the material helped gain attention.

Reviewed work

Conan, the Boy in Future (1978) Key animator
Armageddon: The Great Battle with Genma (1983) Key animator
Barefoot Gen (1983) Key animator
Lensman (1984) Director
The Dagger of Kamui (1985) Key animator
Barefoot Gen 2 (1986) Key animator
“Firebird: Space Chapter” (1987) Storyboard artist
“The Running Man” (1987 entry) Writer-director
Wicked City (1987) Director
Demon City Shinjuku (1988) Director
Goku Midnight Eye (1989) Director
“Goku: Midnight Eye II” (1989) Director
A Wind Named Amnesia (1990) Writer
Cyber City Oedo 808 (1990) Director
Record of Lodoss War (1990) Key animator
Ninja Scroll (1993) Writer-director
The Cockpit (1993) Director
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000) Director
Metropolis (2001) Key animator, layout artist
The Animatrix (2003) Writer-director
Redline (2009) Key animator

Other

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